Thill-coupling.



No. 852,051. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

A. BAUER.

THILL COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED JUL-3612,1906.

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THlLL-OOUPLING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed July 12,1906. Serial No. 325,899.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thill-Couplings;and I do herey declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to thill couplings, and has for its object toprovide a device of this nature, which will effectually cushion the joltoccasioned by the sudden starting of a vehicle, not only as regards theoccupants of the same, but also the horse.

Furthermore, the device is designed to insure steady running of thevehicle at all times, and to ease the strain upon the neck of the horsedrawing the same.

The invention, broadly speaking, resides in the provision of a brackethaving spaced upstanding end portions, a rod mounted for slidingmovement in the said end portions, a thill connected with the rod, andsprings disposed upon the rod intermediate its end portions and thethill, the provision of a pair of s rings serving to cushion themovement of t e thill in each direction.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the devicein use. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical longitudinal sectional viewtherethrough, and, Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 5 denotes thefront axle of a vehicle, and 6 a clip which is engaged over the axle andat its ends through the connecting portion 7 of a bracket, which is heldby means of the clip and nuts 8 engaged upon the ends thereof, inposition upon the axle 5. The said bracket includes upwardly divergingarms 9 which are bolted or otherwise secured at their upper ends to theunder side of a plate 10 and in this manner supports the same above theaxle. The ends of the plate are upturned, as at 11, and providedwithalining apertures through which is slidably engaged a rod 12, the endsof which extend beyond the adjacent upturned portions of the plate. Asleeve 13 is welded or otherwise secured upon the rod 12 intermediateits ends, and secured to the sleeve is a thill iron 14 in which issecured the rear end of a thill 15.

Engaged upon the rod 12 intermediate the sleeve 13 and the upturned endsof the plate 10 are springs 16 which, as will be readily understood,cushion the forward and rearward movement of the thill and the rod 12thereby preventing jars or jolts and insuring steady travel of thevehicle in connection with which the device is used.

l/Vhat is claimed, is

The combination with a vehicle axle and a thill, of a clip engaged withthe axle, a bracket supported by the clip, a rod arranged forreci'procatory movement in the bracket, a sleeve fixedly carried by therod and including spaced cars which are formed integral with the sleeve,and between which the thill is received, and springs arranged upon therod and bearing against the ends of the sleeve and the correspondingends of the bracket.

In testimony whereof, I afl'ix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALOIS BAUER.

WVitnesses W. O. SIIUEY, R. B. Janeen.

